Townsend C of E School is a voluntary aided secondary school based in St. Albans, Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...

, England

England

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. The students attending are aged between 11 and 18 years old.

The school is a Church of England

Church of England

The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...

 school, the only one in the near area and the Headteacher is currently Mr.A.Wellbeloved BSc, PGCE.

Subjects At Townsend

Townsend School Teaches a range of subjects at Key Stage 3

Key Stage 3

Key Stage 3 is the legal term for the three years of schooling in maintained schools in England and Wales normally known as Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9, when pupils are aged between 11 and 14...

, GCSE and A level. Subjects included are English, Mathematics, Science, Religious Studies,History, Geography, French, German, Food Technology, Physical Education, Drama, Music, Art, Resistant Materials, ICT, Russian, Media Studies, Health and Social care and Travel and Tourism.

Sport At Townsend

Towsend compete in many sports to varying standards.
The sports that they teach and compete in are;
Gymnastic,
Rugby,
Swimming,
Netball,
Cross-Country,
Athletics,
Cricket,
Tennis,
Rounders,
Football,
Basketball,
Hockey,
Volleyball,
Softball,
Water polo,
Trampolining,
Orienteering.

History of Townsend

Dean Henderson was the founder of Townsend School, coming up with the vision in 1930. Originally, he wanted to set up two separate church schools for boys and girls and many churches in the local area got involved. With help from many of the local children, building began in 1932. The school opened in 1933.
The girls first headteacher was Miss Rollin and she was in charge of 180 girls. The Boys School had 111 pupils with Mr. Watson as the headteacher. Both schools opened with minimum staff. The schools faced difficult times during the Second World War, a teacher had to stay in the school overnight to make sure there was no risk from fire and some lessons had to be taken in the air raid shelter that was built.
In 1965 the girls school was moved to another site in the High Oaks area of St. Albans. The boys took over the rest of the original site. Both schools were merged at the High Oaks site in 1973.
The next step for Townsend was to introduce Heathlands School for deaf children in 1979. The two schools are still working together today. Soon after this, Mrs. S Greenfield became Headteacher, shortly after starting the school was threatened with closure in 1987. It wasn't until 1991 that the schools' future seemed secure.